25/02/2017 Sportscene

Good afternoon and welcome to the Results Show:

Or if you like the football news where you are, where I am,

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Scores, reports, results a wee bit of action -

and lots of insight from our aforementioned guests.

Let's start with a burl around the grounds.

John Barnes, Fir Park, a lot happening? A dominant display by

Dundee has Vergne 5-1 in front. Zak Jules with an own goal after seven

minutes. It looked like quite a level game. Mark O'Hara chipped in

to make it 3-1. Craig Wighton blasted in number four for Dundee

before Marcus Haber got a double in the last few seconds of the period.

As often happens with a side so dominant, it is Dundee 5-1

Motherwell. The bottom club are in action at Celtic Park. Richard

Wilson is there for us. Celtic are in complete control of this

scoreline. They have scored twice. They have come from Moussa Dembele.

In the first half, a lovely pass of individual skill. He lifted the ball

in over the net of the goalkeeper. Kieran Tierney was tripped. Leigh

Griffiths is now coming off the bench to make his return to the

side. Scott Davies next, he is watching Aberdeen in second place

against Ross County. They are leading by a goal to nil. Who else,

it is Adam Rooney. Two good chances leading by a goal to nil. Who else,

to score. Ross County have played pretty well but if you don't take

your chances then you pay a penalty. I don't know what he was doing but

he miscued an attempt and Rooney was lurking to get a deflection on it to

have Aberdeen leading by a goal to nil with a chance to move nine clear

of Rangers. Lets see who is at Firhill. Partick Thistle two,

thing-macro nil. Heart of Midlothian were looking for a response. Partick

Thistle totally deserving of their 2-0 lead. There was sloppy

defending. Liam Lindsay has made it 2- 04 Partick Thistle, firing in

from close range. The player was sent off for mouthing at the

referee. It sounds like a good day for Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock would

dominate. They went ahead after Mackenzie's first goal. The Saints

keeper beat down Kris Boyd free kick. It was salmon ahead who put

Kilmarnock ahead a few minutes ago. Zander club will not be happy. --

Clark. Second versus fourth in the Championship. Charlie Mann is it

Tannadice. Morton have the lead at Tannadice. A terrific goal for David

Gill though. They are really doing a number on Dundee United in this

match. United pushing hard for an equaliser but Jim Duffy's side are

holding on at the moment. If they could win this game they will go

second in the Championship, testament to the excellent work. A

big game at the bottom of the table. Brace yourselves, Steven Thompson.

Over two Chip. To is noisy and nervous but it is marvellous for St

Mirren. They lead this game by a goal to nil. John Sutton timed his

run to perfection, cracked the offside trap. I thought he had gone

wide but he got the ball in from an incredibly narrow angle. It is a

huge scoreline. If they win this they will cut the gap on Ayr United

by five points. But Ayr United are battling back. The attendance 10,000

217. Nearly half the crowd have come down from Paisley. There is ten

minutes to go. That is a huge scoreline but it does not come

anywhere near close to the Fir Park scoreline. Stephen? It is quite

incredible to be honest with you. The Motherwell defending in that

first half was an absolute joke. As well as Dundee played, Motherwell

conceded 17 goals in the last four games. It is not acceptable. It has

been dreadful. I think it will be very difficult for Mark McGhee to

survive this. The fans will be on his back and rightly so. At home

Dundee have only won twice on their own. It was only a few weeks ago

they lost by seven goals. Is this the worst defeat? Guess,

because it is at home and it is one of the teams who are around them in

the lead. It is not one of the so-called stronger teams like

Rangers. It is a team they should be on parity with. Don't take anything

away from Dundee, they had a great result against Rangers last week. I

think Marcus Haber has made a big stance since he came to Dundee. He

is a physical presence and he has scored a couple of goals and he will

be looking for a hat-trick. Mark McGhee under scrutiny, so to Ian

Castro. 2-0 down. They have been poor. I have watched that again

today. There is a lot of work to go on at Tynecastle. Ian Castro has a

big job. They were second and playing decent football and now they

are going backwards. They are lucky St Johnstone are losing or they

could find themselves in fifth place. To mention some -- St

Johnstone losing, Kilmarnock are 2- up. An incredible opening goal from

Rory McKenzie. It was an absolutely special goal. I am really pleased

for Lee McCulloch. I hope he takes the job on a full-time basis. To the

top two now, we usually start at the top and work our way down but we

have been doing them in reverse order. Aberdeen Alpes on up against

Ross County and Adam Rooney on the scoresheet. Ross County have been

giving a good account of themselves. If you look at all the goals of the

weekend, there has been a catalogue of errors right through every single

game. Zach Jewels has been dreadful for Motherwell. Stephen Anderson,

Andrew Davies goes on the wrong foot for the goal for Aberdeen and Zander

Clark, it has been a really poor day for goalkeepers and offenders. We

don't know what is happening there. We have not got pictures coming in.

It is fairly predictable that Moussa Dembele opens the scoring. Hamilton

have not won. When you go to Celtic Park or one of the bigger clubs, can

you get to 0-0 at half-time to frustrate the crowd? The weekend's

other Premiership match was played last night.

It was the club at the bottom against the team in third place.

Inverness, who hadn't won a game since October, at home to Rangers,

who had taken just one point from their last three matches.

It turned out to be a Black Friday for the away team.

You made the journey up their, Steven? Road-macro a defence if the

state gives them this opportunity for defence in the second-half

Rangers battled back into the game. Interesting penalty. There was a

yellow card for this challenge. A good finish. Inverness grabbed the

bull by the horns and won penalty. There was an opportunity to win the

game when you are at the bottom of There was an opportunity to win the

the league, you're never going to There was an opportunity to win the

get a better chance than this to get all three points. However, real

moment of inspiration from Billy McKay. Credit McKay for that. What a

superb overhead kick. A goal worthy of winning any game. You can see

what it means to Richie Foran and Inverness. It was not all over for

them. There was still one moment in the match. There was a call for a

penalty kick. It hits his chest and it hits his hand, certainly hits his

hand on the way out. Rangers may find themselves a bit unlucky. What

a way to mark the 1000th match for Caley Thistle. They have got a

point. Caley, you showed them last week and there was a bit of

determination about them. Hamilton are losing today. The Accies have a

really tough game. There is a run for the Accies. We can hear what the

Caley Thistle manager Richie Foran had to say when he spoke to our man.

I didn't think we would get another chance. I would have been happy with

a draw but with the likes of Billy McKay on your team who can score

a draw but with the likes of Billy from anywhere, one chance and one

goal. It is a wonderful finish, an overhead kick, of the post as well,

makes it feel more special. You have talked about belief and the faith

you have in the players, you must have confidence that you can really

kick on from this result? Of course, I have said this all along, huge

desire and hunger. We showed a lot of quality tonight, particularly

with the two finishes. We have been a long time at the bottom of the

table. Weaker players would have crumbled. There is a huge desire,

hunger, bravery. We kept the positives. We knew the results would

be coming. We have two fine results against two top teams, Rangers and

Hearts. Things are looking up for Caley Thistle. Not so Rangers. We

hear news of the mystery adviser that Graeme Murty has got. I don't

know, it is a mystery to me! I don't know if Allan knows anything. It was

a strange thing for Graeme Murty to say. You heard Richie talk about

character. He showed so much character in the game. That was the

one thing that was missing, character. There were three games

against Hearts, Rangers and Celtic. A lot of people said will they get

any points out of these three games? They have already got four which is

a big surprise. I think Celtic is too far.

Now there's one Championship match this evening.

It's the team at the top of the table against the team in sixth.

Hibs at home to Dunfermline, It kicks off at 5:15

but our reporter, Brian McLauchlin, is already in position

You'll hear more of him throughout the match on Radio Scotland later,

Good evening, David. Many of the Hibernian fans are still celebrating

the cup success. Not so manager Neil Lennon who has emphasised promotion

to the top flight 's Scottish football is the number one priority.

The current league form has them heading back to the Premiership,

unbeaten after 11 games and with a healthy lead at the top of the

Championship. Two changes made for dumb firmly. Andrew shinny and

Humphrey. Hibernian have had one defeat in 14. Despite the good run

of form they are ready four points of the relegation play-off spot.

Allan, chance for Hibs to increase their lead at the top? I would

expect kids to go and beat them. It will be a tough game. A quarter past

five kick off. I expect Neil Lennon's side to kick on. I think

they will win the league by ten points plus. Raith Rovers, Ayr

United, Neil Lennon expressing his opinion. You thought it was

tactical. Genius. He wanted to give them a wee rocket before the cup

game and certainly worked! John McGuinness's performance in

particular? John was outstanding. Hibs were excellent, all over the

party. We touched on this in the Derby. When Hearts won the cup in

2012, there were new players. Then there was a manager who had never

managed at Easter Road and it showed with the experience.

At the bottom, St Mirren are looking good, too -- zero away to Ayr United

in a match they had to win. It was a must win game. -- 2-0 away to Ayr

United. If they had lost, it would have been curtains. As good as. It

is a massive show of character from St Mirren. Dundee on course for a

good result at Motherwell in the Premiership this afternoon. Can you

update as? It is still 5-1. How often have we seen a team being

dominant in the first 45 minutes and then failing to add to their tally

in the second period? That has happened for Dundee. Motherwell have

made a better impression on the second, but a double from Marcus

Haber, another from Craig Wighton, Henrik Ojamaa, and an own goal from

Zak Jules gives Dundee at 5-1 lead. Zak Jules with the -- Louis Moult

with the only goal for Motherwell. Let's go to Celtic Park. Celtic

should be the up. They are leading 2-0 through goals from Moussa

Dembele. It has been a pretty slow pace in the second half. Gary

Mackay-Steven has seen running shot saved. The only thing for Hamilton

to cling onto was a penalty claim. The attacker went down under a Scott

Brown challenge, but the referee said it was a dive and he was shown

a yellow card. Onto Pittodrie, where Scott Davie is

keeping us updated on Aberdeen against Ross County.

Adam Rooney's 17th goal of this season is separating the sides with

a few moments ago. Aberdeen on the counterattack in the transfer Miles

Storey. He hits it over the bar end into the richer Donald stand. He has

come on as a substitute. It probably would have been Jayden Stockley, if

he had been fit, but he damaged his shoulder against Kilmarnock last

week. Miles Storey has not made much of an impression. Ross County will

be frustrated if they lose this game. They have defended well. A

lapse of concentration by the captain, Andrew Davies, is why they

are drilling and looking at the points return of just four from the

last 24 available. Let's get the latest from Firhill

Stadium. It is 2-0. The Hearts head coach, Ian Cathro, looking for a

response after that dismal Edinburgh derby defeat. It has not come this

afternoon in Glasgow, Kris Doolan opening the scoring for Partick

Thistle, his 98th goal of all time for Partick Thistle. It looked like

he would get more in the first half. He had a couple of opportunities to

reach 100, but it did not happen. Hearts were woeful, Lennard Sowah

looking like a fish out of water centre-half. There has been a

dismissal for two bookable offences. Partick Thistle are deserving of the

three points this afternoon. Let's go to McDiarmid Park. It looks

like Kilmarnock are heading for all three points away to St Johnstone.

We are into stoppage time. St Johnstone have not had much punch.

They have just had an effort over the bar from Chris Kane. It was a

Rory McKenzie goal in 35 minutes, and then a header from Conor Sammon

at the far post which to easily beat the keeper in my opinion. That is

the score at the moment and this is how it looks like it will finish.

We can go back to Pittodrie. It is full time between second placed

Aberdeen and Ross County. Let's hear how it finished. It was

1-0. The old football cliche that the good teams manage to win some

are even when they're not playing well, that was the case for Aberdeen

today. They have not been at the level they have been at recently,

but it is still ten victories in the last 11 games. Nine points ahead of

Rangers, 14 ahead of Hearts, 15 ahead of St Johnstone in the race

for second place. I think it is pretty much race over but I do not

imagine Derek McInnes will give us that point of view at the end of

this match. Adam Rooney with a flick in the six yard box. It was a ball

played in by Kenny MacLean. Andrew Davies, the Ross County captain,

should have cleared. He got himself in a muddle. No clean sheets in the

last 11 games for Ross County. They defended well and lost Paul Quinn at

the end, their central defender, to injury at half-time. It did not

help. They passed up good opportunities. Andrew Davies Miss

two opportunities. Craig Curran sent on over the bar. They go to

Tynecastle in midweek. Aberdeen go to Hamilton on Tuesday and can

extend their lead over their rivals if they get a victory.

1-0. Much less close-run at Fir Park and the match between Motherwell and

Dundee. It is all over. Yes, it is 1-5. It

all started with Zak Jules, with an own goal after only seven minutes

when he headed over the top of his own keeper, Craig Samson. Louis

Moult level things up midway through these first-half, but Dundee went on

a scoring run, Marcus Haber, then Mark O'Hara adding the third. Craig

Wighton got on the act before Marcus Haber got his second on half-time.

Motherwell were booed off at the interval. They were better in the

second half with Craig Clay having shot saved by Scott Bain, but

Motherwell in the midst of our relegation battle after this 5-1

thrashing Dundee. Dundee maintained their spot in the

top six. We're going to McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone against

Kilmarnock has finished. Let's hear about that. All over. 2-0

Kilmarnock. It was impressive performance against shot shy St

Johnstone. Boyd tested Zander Clark as early as the fourth minute with a

free kick. The goal was only delayed. Kilmarnock went into the

lead after Rory McKenzie's 12 minute effort, speculative shot from 35

yards that went over the head of the Saints keeper, Zander Clark.

Kilmarnock should have added more. There was an effort which Kris Boyd

got in with a free kick, which was beaten away. Conor Sammon had a 20

yard shot an 80 minutes. In the second half, since only effort from

the first half, on 60 minutes. They struggled. They were shot shy. Conor

Sammon put it beyond doubt on 71 minutes. He nodded down the cause.

The keeper was slow to get to it, I minutes. He nodded down the cause.

thought. It went past him at the far post.

Did you like I pretended I did not know I was on screen when I was

listening? Definitely I will be listening to

Charlie Mann now with news of Dundee United and Greenock Morton.

1-1. One point apiece, probably about right in the way the game went

at Tannadice. There was brewing around the stadium at half-time

because Morton were in front, taking the lead on 39 minutes, Lee Kilday's

fourth goal of the season. The corner from Ross Forbes was deep

into the box, and Lee Kilday had lots of time. In the second half,

United change things. They went for it and equalised an 83 minutes from

a corner. Mark Durnan was the score, his fourth of the season as well. I

am not sure he knew how you scored it. Ping-pong in the box and the

ball ricocheted against the defender, against the legs of Mark

Durnan and into the net. It finished 1-1. It is as you were in the league

standings, but the big winners could be Hibs, who are playing this

evening. At Firhill Park this afternoon, the

big winners were Partick Thistle. Yes, 2-0. It was a dreadful

disappointing performance from Hearts. The headlines will be about

Ian Cathro again. This was a great performance this afternoon from a

three points desperately first stop three points desperately first stop

-- desperately. Kris Doolan came up with the goods again today, scoring

early on to put Partick Thistle on the road to victory, turning smartly

in the box to hook Lee Sharpe into the net. He could have got a

hat-trick in the first half, which would have taken into a century of

Partick Thistle goals. Some smart goalkeeping from Hamilton kept him

at bay. Hearts were not in this match. Lennard Sowah moved to

centre-half from centre back. match. Lennard Sowah moved to

looked like a fish out of water and the Hearts defending was hesitant.

They were toothless upfront. They were much more toothless when

Goncalves got himself sent off. The first booking was for motoring off

to the referee, the second for a late challenge. That was the last

thing that Ian Cathro's side needed. Liam Lindsay got the second goal,

the least that Partick Thistle deserved. A great three points

following up their victory last weekend against Hamilton. Putting

the derby day disappointment behind them was the task for Ian Cathro's

Hearts today. They have not done that. Back to the

Championship and Chick Young. He was watching the match between Ayr

United and St Mirren. The great escape key beyond. St

Mirren have cut the gap at the bottom of the Championship to five

points with a 2-0 victory over Morton -- over Ayr. Second-half

goals from John Sutton and Lewis Morgan gave the Paisley club hope.

They still have a game in hand over their relegation rivals. John Sutton

timed his run to perfection to break the offside trap. There was a news

-- there was a nervous period first million before Lewis Morgan got

another, with a break. The St Mirren support was fantastic today, almost

half the crowd. They have left the stadium believing St Mirren can

produce a miracle, the great escape at the bottom of the Championship.

Lots of work to be done. Ayr will say, we are still five points ahead.

It is going to be dramatic. My heart is pumping.

That is a good thing. Take it easy. We will listen to Richard Wilson,

who was watching Celtic against Hamilton, top against bottom.

It was 2-0 to the side of the top, Celtic's impressive march towards

the title continues. They were not that there are buyers today compared

to other towns this evening -- this season, but Moussa Dembele was

impressive on his own, opening the scoring with a well taken individual

goal, spinning away from us Donati before lifting a shot into the

corner of the net from 25 yards. The second goal came when Kieran Tierney

was brought down inside the penalty box by Massimo Donati. Moussa

Dembele scored the penalty. Celtic are top of the table and Hamilton

are bottom. At the end of the game, immanent Revista ahead turned out by

Craig Gordon. The bottom six looks to be

separating. They were all bunched up, but you're looking at Ross

County, Motherwell, Inverness and Hamilton. Yes, great results for

Partick Thistle and Inverness. Hamilton have a really difficult

five games coming up, albeit one is in the cup. Ross County are not in a

great run. They have not won a match this year. Motherwell as well,

conceding goals for fun. Inverness have momentum. Four points in the

last to make the game. They will play Celtic in midweek and that will

be difficult, but they have momentum if they want to get out of this. It

be difficult, but they have momentum is looking bad for Motherwell. Yes,

the goals they're conceding, the lack of fight in the team. To lose a

home game 5-1 is unacceptable. I will be interested to hear what Mark

McGhee says post match. He must be under massive pressure. It is not

good enough. He will be shell-shocked, lost for words. He is

never lost for words. He was after the Rangers game. This is a tough

managerial period for Mark McGhee. He has got to turn it around. The

managerial period for Mark McGhee. Motherwell fans will be spitting

feathers. To lose five goals against a team that you should be in and

around in the lead at home, it is dreadful. Three points away from the

bottom with the worst goal difference. Stephen

McManus was injured for today's game. He is an experienced player

for them. He has been playing well they have been haemorrhaging goals.

Yes, no excuses. It is the lack of defending. Dreadful. So cheap. At

the top of the table, Aberdeen, it victories from nine. They have had a

great weekend with Rangers losing last night, Hearts and St Johnstone

losing. Aberdeen are nine clear of Rangers, 23 goals ahead of them.

They are basically ten ahead of Rangers. First is gone and second is

almost gone as well. The top six almost selects itself apart from the

last spot, between Dundee, Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock. There are

only 56 points between Ross County on them. There is a long way to go.

The first five are set in stone. Partick Thistle had been creating

chances and not taking them for a long time. Now they are getting

among the goals. -- among the goals. Kris Doolan is a good player. I like

Partick Thistle, and Alan Archibald is a good manager. They have a good

team. Right, time for the classified results round-up.

The Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers match was played last night.

To -- two matches have been postponed because of the weather.

Time now for a look at the league tables.

A huge win for Dundee. At the bottom of the table, Hamilton dropped to

the bottom after Caley Thistle's 2-1 win over Rangers last night.

Motherwell and Ross County, it is looking a bit dicey for them.

Livingston's match was postponed today. Alloa Athletic are now nine

points behind them. Stenhousemuir's game was postponed.

Another win for Chelsea. Their game is postponed this weekend. Tottenham

Hotspur played tomorrow. Liverpool play Leicester on Monday. The bottom

of the table looks like this. Leicester City dropping into the

bottom three. Brighton Hove Albion have a chance

to unseat Newcastle United, they are still to play this weekend. A big

gap between Rotherham United and the others at the bottom of the

Championship. Right, folks, we have time to hear

from the biggest winner of the day perhaps, Paul Hartley Dundee spoke

to John Barnes after their 5-1 win at Fir Park.

How pleased to which you with your team's performance today? Yes, in

the second half, we told them at half-time to make sure not to

concede any goals. Sometimes when you have a commanding lead that

concede any goals. Sometimes when happens but all in all the players

were outstanding. It was good for the players leading up to the goals?

We had some good combination play. It was pulled off today. The overall

team performance again was excellent.

I am always getting Fir Park and Firhill confused! Paul Hartley does

not seem elated with that win? He is playing it cool. That is a wonderful

result for him. It was the same team last week who beat Rangers and today

thrashing Motherwell, that is absolutely hammering. They are a

team who have not been scoring a lot of goals? They have struggled this

season and they have missed two star strikers from last season but I do

like the look of Haber. I think he brings a lot to the team. They were

talking about giving directives to him. It certainly worked. He scored

two goals and run the Motherwell defence ragged. With the points

going to Motherwell. Young Craig Whyte and is an excellent prospect

so good to see him getting a game. A good win for Partick Thistle at Fir

Park! My worry is after listening to Ian Cathro, there is no reaction

today. The fans are rightly saying can he inspire the team or the

players? If they played Peterhead midweek it will be difficult to get

them up. But to go to Easter Road against your local rivals who are

the cup holders, a 20,000 sell-out and you cannot get the players up,

that is a real worry. A great weekend and a great period it has

been for Aberdeen, Steven? Odds on they will finish second? I think

they will, I don't think that is in doubt. Eight wins from nine. Week

after week they are bringing on substitutes who are making an

impact. They score a lot of eight goals but it shows you the strength

of their squads that they can make the big substitutions and matches.

The goal they scored today was fortuitous. Terrible defending from

Andrew Davies. But it ricocheted off Shinny's leg and went in. They will

claim it, you always do. They won the game. Today they did not play

all that well but they won the game. Lovely stuff.

Almost time for us to bid you good night.

I'll tell you what's coming up first.

Tomorrow night Jonathan Sutherland is here,

of all the weekend's Premiership action.

That is at six o'clock on BBC Two Scotland -

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and let's face it that's probably enough.

We're back next week at 4.10pm on BBC One Scotland.

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